Thursday, January 31, 2013

Friday is Wear Red Day

To learn more about Hear Disease please click the following information and don't forget to wear read this Friday (February1).  

 Wear Red Day



Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Texts4teachers

Teachers or Parents:


I'm excited to announce a new resource provided by UNL Extension's Learning Child Team for teachers of children ages 0-8, Texts4Teachers. Texts4Teachers delivers text messages for teachers of children from birth through age 8 that focus on the critical areas of:
• Child development
• Family involvement
• Social and emotional development
• Health, safety, and nutrition
• Curriculum and activities

Texts4Teachers is designed to share research-based information and resources offered through UNL Extension that can support your work. When you subscribe, you will receive weekly short informational tips and links to existing resources where you can learn more. Normal text message rates apply. You can opt out anytime by replying STOP.
You can subscribe in 3 easy steps:
1. Visit the website at 
http://extensiontexts.unl.edu
2. Select the age group you teach and add your information
3. Voila! Begin receiving texts. ((Texts will begin the first week in February))

To download the T4Tbookmark go to: 
http://go.unl.edu/oo8

For more information about Texts4Teachers, contact Jen Gerdes, 
jgerdes4@unl.edu or 402-472-9828 
Jamie

Friday, January 25, 2013

One Book One Nebraska: O Pioneers!

On Jan. 23, 2013 Governor Dave Heineman proclaimed 2013 One Book One Nebraska: O Pioneers! by Willa Cather. In this year, the 100th anniversary of the book's publication, people across Nebraska will read this timeless story of the Bergsons, a family of Swedish pioneers that settles on the American prairie. While Alexandra, the family matriarch, turns the family farm into a financial success, her brother Emil struggles. A novel surprisingly ahead of its time, this work touches on a wide range of enduring themes-love, marriage, temptation, and isolation.

The One Book One Nebraska reading program, now in its ninth year, is sponsored by: Nebraska Center for the Book, Nebraska Humanities Council, Nebraska Library Association, Nebraska Library Commission, University of Nebraska Press, and Willa Cather Foundation.

Libraries across Nebraska and other literary and cultural organizations are planning book discussions, activities, and events that will encourage Nebraskans to read and discuss this book. Book Club Kits are available from Nebraska Library Commission (Request form at http://nlc.nebraska.gov/ref/bookclub/form.asp) and Nebraska’s Regional Library Systems (http://nlc.nebraska.gov/systems). Find more information about One Book One Nebraska at http://onebook.nebraska.gov/2013/index.aspx.
 

Monday, January 21, 2013

Students Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Chadron Students  attended the Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration with members of the community at CSC's Memorial Hall.  Students sang song's, read poetry and played musical instruments.





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Students received "Respect" buttons showing Strength in Diversity




Martin Luther King, Jr., (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was born Michael Luther King, Jr., but later had his name changed to Martin. His grandfather began the family's long tenure as pastors of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, serving from 1914 to 1931; his father has served from then until the present, and from 1960 until his death Martin Luther acted as co-pastor. Martin Luther attended segregated public schools in Georgia, graduating from high school at the age of fifteen; he received the B. A. degree in 1948 from Morehouse College, a distinguished Negro institution of Atlanta from which both his father and grandfather had graduated. After three years of theological study at Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania where he was elected president of a predominantly white senior class, he was awarded the B.D. in 1951. With a fellowship won at Crozer, he enrolled in graduate studies at Boston University, completing his residence for the doctorate in 1953 and receiving the degree in 1955. In Boston he met and married Coretta Scott, a young woman of uncommon intellectual and artistic attainments. Two sons and two daughters were born into the family.

In 1954, Martin Luther King became pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. Always a strong worker for civil rights for members of his race, King was, by this time, a member of the executive committee of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the leading organization of its kind in the nation. He was ready, then, early in December, 1955, to accept the leadership of the first great Negro nonviolent demonstration of contemporary times in the United States, the bus boycott described by Gunnar Jahn in his presentation speech in honor of the laureate. The boycott lasted 382 days. On December 21, 1956, after the Supreme Court of the United States had declared unconstitutional the laws requiring segregation on buses, Negroes and whites rode the buses as equals. During these days of boycott, King was arrested, his home was bombed, he was subjected to personal abuse, but at the same time he emerged as a Negro leader of the first rank.

In 1957 he was elected president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization formed to provide new leadership for the now burgeoning civil rights movement. The ideals for this organization he took from Christianity; its operational techniques from Gandhi. In the eleven-year period between 1957 and 1968, King traveled over six million miles and spoke over twenty-five hundred times, appearing wherever there was injustice, protest, and action; and meanwhile he wrote five books as well as numerous articles. In these years, he led a massive protest in Birmingham, Alabama, that caught the attention of the entire world, providing what he called a coalition of conscience. and inspiring his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail", a manifesto of the Negro revolution; he planned the drives in Alabama for the registration of Negroes as voters; he directed the peaceful march on Washington, D.C., of 250,000 people to whom he delivered his address, "l Have a Dream", he conferred with President John F. Kennedy and campaigned for President Lyndon B. Johnson; he was arrested upwards of twenty times and assaulted at least four times; he was awarded five honorary degrees; was named Man of the Year by Time magazine in 1963; and became not only the symbolic leader of American blacks but also a world figure.

At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize. When notified of his selection, he announced that he would turn over the prize money of $54,123 to the furtherance of the civil rights movement.

On the evening of April 4, 1968, while standing on the balcony of his motel room in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was to lead a protest march in sympathy with striking garbage workers of that city, he was assassinated.

Thursday, January 17, 2013

12:00 Early Out this Friday

Attention Parents:

Friday is an 12:00 Early Dismissal Day

Please be at the school to pick up your children on time.  We do not have an After School Program on Friday's. 

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Helping Fight the Flu

We are seeing the flu in our area and more cases could be on the way. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has a lot of great information on what influenza is, the signs and symptoms of the flu, how to prevent the flu, and what to do if you have the flu. Here are a couple of articles that may be helpful to our staff, students, and parents:

Frequently asked questions about influenza:
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/school/qa.htm
Flu guide for Parents:
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/pdf/freeresources/updated/a_flu_guide_for_parents.pdf
Cover Your Cough Poster:
http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/dtopics/infectioncontrol/cover/gen/cycpgeneng.pdf

Hopefully these resources will be helpful information in knowing how to help stop the spread of the flu in our community. Officer Chrisman is also working on a computer program for staff from Safe Schools to learn more about fighting the flu in our schools.

Thank you for your support for a healthier school system and community!

Amanda Chytka, RN
Chadron School Nurse
 

Monday, January 14, 2013

Friday's Storm






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We would like to thank everyone for helping the kids get home safely on Friday.  The conditions were right for everything to go wrong but you did it.

Thank you!

CIS Staff

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Chadron Jr. Wrestling Sign-Ups


 

Chadron Jr. Wrestling sign-ups will be held at the High School Commons Tuesday, January 15th from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. Wrestlers will need a copy of their birth certificate and must be 5 or older.  Cost to wrestle will be $35 for the first family member and $30 for each additional wrestler in a family. Practice will start Tuesday January 22th at the High School Wrestling Room at 6:30 for ages 7 and under and 7:30 for ages 8 and older. Sign-ups can also be done before the start of practice the first week. Contact John Cattin 308-207-5394 or Randy Cullers 430-2774 with any questions you may have. For more Chadron Junior Wrestling information check out the Chadron Junior Wrestling link on http://www.chadrad.com/


The Ultimate Wrestling Highlight - A Great Wrestling Video

Friday, January 4, 2013

Girls on the Run

Registration for Girls on the Run at Intermediate 3-4 School Opens Soon
Online registration for the spring Girls on the Run season will open for most sites on Jan. 15. The spring season begins the week of March 4 and concludes the week of May 13. The Girls on the Run team will meet at 3:20 p.m. on Tues./Thurs. Meetings last 75 minutes.

Girls on the Run is an innovative after-school program that combines exercise, education, mentoring and “Girl Power!” to promote healthy habits and self-esteem in third- through sixth-grade girls. The program incorporates lessons on goal-setting, health, teamwork and communication with physical activity so participants build character along with endurance.

Team size is limited! Don’t miss the chance to enroll your daughter in this fun physical education and character-building program. Online registration opens at 12:01 a.m. January 15 at www.GOTRNebraska.org.
Visit www.GOTRNebraska.org for more information or look in your take-home folder to learn more.

We may still need coaches at your site. To learn more about coaching go to www.GOTRNebraska.org/volunteer/. Get involved to find out for yourself why “Girls on the Run is so much fun!”
 

Student Teachers Join our Team


This semester we will have several student teachers joining us.  They are:

Alexandria Oliverez student teaching in Mrs. Anderson’s class from January 7th - March 15th
Alexandria Oliverez student teaching in Mrs. Hirning’s class from March 18th-May 24th

Kassidy Thompson student teaching in Mrs. Grant’s class from March 4th-April 26th

Angela Jay student teaching in Mrs. Rischling’s class from March 4th- April 26th

Please welcome these fine young teachers to our school community!